Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973

67Land affected by resolution of planning authority or directions of Secretary of State

(1)Section 181(1) of the Act of 1972 shall have effect as if the land specified therein included land which—

(a)is land indicated in a plan (not being a development plan) approved by a resolution passed by a local planning authority for the purpose of the exercise of their powers under Part III of that Act as land which may be required for the purposes of any functions of a government department, local authority or statutory undertakers; or

(b)is land in respect of which a local planning authority have resolved to take action to safeguard it for development for the purposes of any such functions or been directed by the Secretary of State to restrict the grant of planning permission in order to safeguard it for such development.

(2)Paragraph (a) of the said section 181(1) shall not apply to land within subsection (1) above.

(3)In relation to land falling within subsection (1) above "the appropriate enactment" for the purposes of sections 181 to 196 of the Act of 1972 shall be determined in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act as if references therein to the development plan were references to the resolution or direction in question.